Chrome has a variety of internal pages that can be opened from its menus. However, there are a few that you must enter a URL to open. There is one URL that opens a list of Google Chrome’s internal page links. Enter chrome://about ...
It may be true that Windows has a built-in clipboard that can temporarily store your copied content. However, it can only store one item at a time. This can be quite frustrating especially if you’re constantly working on tasks tha...
Windows has a variety of fonts to select from word processor applications. Although you can add even more fonts to Windows. Alternatively, if most of the fonts are surplus to requirements you can also delete them. To delete fonts ...
Adobe Reader is a software package with which you can open and print PDF documents. When printing PDF documents with Adobe Reader, you don’t always have to print out whole pages. You can instead print smaller sections of the...
Others call it two-step verification while some prefer to call it as two-factor authentication. Well, it doesn’t really matter how you prefer to call it for as long as it can help secure your Dropbox account. Speaking of which, no...
Favicons are the small shortcut icons on the Firefox browser. They are on the browser’s tabs and menus. You can remove favicons from Firefox by configuring a couple of options on the advanced settings page. Open the Firefox ...
Do you have a habit of putting various things inside your secret stash? Well, it’s not like you’re the only one doing it. As a matter of fact, most people do. It’s just a bummer that you can’t do the same for the things that you r...
Wouldn’t it be nice if you can remotely control some apps by simply tweeting a particular command? Well, the truth is, such a thing can be made possible. As a matter of fact, you might be doing it already. You’re just not that awa...
The Firefox New Tab page, that shows your most visited site pages on a grid, is customizable. However, the browser doesn’t include many native customization options with which to change the New Tab page background, thumbnail image...
Hyperlinks aren’t just for websites and pages. To share data from other Excel documents, you can interlink them with spreadsheet hyperlinks. This is an option to provide quicker access to other spreadsheet documents which you woul...
Addiction comes in many forms. It is a condition that causes an individual to become overly dependent or attached to a particular thing, activity or substance. Of course, being overly attached to your smartphone or tablet is no ex...
VHDs are virtual (aka fake) hard discs that can be used as real hard drives in Windows. This previous dotTech post covered how to set up a virtual hard disc. To regain local hard disc space, you can also delete this virtual disc w...
Today, almost every media player has a built-in video playback speed option. This way, you can easily set the video playback speed to slow or fast motion. This is quite helpful especially if you are trying to learn a dance move or...
If you seldom require the Caps Lock you might as well disable it. That will then ensure the key is not switched on when inputting passwords. This is guide shows you how you can switch the Caps Lock key off via the registry, so it ...
If you have a portable scanner, then it would be much easier for you to scan and save any important document. As a matter of fact, you can use a portable scanner for scanning receipts, utility bills and handwritten notes. Speaking...
Most standard keyboards include only a few symbols on them. However, Windows actually supports a wider range of symbols than those included on the keyboard. As such, you can enter a larger number of symbols in your documents with ...
The Web has plenty of image editing tools on it, which many photography software packages also include. With some photo editing software packages, you can convert your photographs to shortcut icons on the Windows desktop. You can ...
Organizing your bookmarks in Chrome can be quite a hassle. Plus, you can’t really rely on Chrome’s built-in bookmarks manager. Not only does it lack the capability of sorting out your bookmarks into different categories, it also w...
There’s no doubt that YouTube is the best place to find your favorite songs and music videos. You can even sort out your favorite YouTube MV’s into playlists and share them to your friends online. It’s just a bummer that it won’t ...
When it comes to online file transfers, you will never run out of options. However, not all of these options are suitable for quickly sending files from one device to another. If this is the case, then it would be more convenient ...
In Instagram, you can find and discover a lot of interesting photos. However, these photos are only available for viewing and sharing. In other words, you’re not allowed to download the photos that you see on Instagram. If you wis...
At school, students are usually taught to do speed reading as it can help improve their memory and concentration. Furthermore, speed reading can help you keep up with various instances like reading multiple notes and textbooks wit...
As you can notice, Instagram may be a community for sharing brilliant photos but it has also become a place where you can find a lot of funny and inspiring texts and quotes. Now, wouldn’t it be great if there’s a separate app for ...
Most Android devices are equipped with pre-installed widgets that you can use for various purposes. One good example of this is the power control widget which allows you to control your device’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Sync and Bri...
You can customize Firefox’s and Chrome’s blank tab (new tab) page. To customize the blank tab page, check out this page; and add the Stylish add-on to Firefox or click here for Stylish extension to Chrome.. That’...
Firefox has a variety of right-click context menus from which you can select various options. However, it does not include many options with which to edit, or customize, its context menus. As such, to customize Firefox’s con...
You can copy and paste text to the Windows clipboard with the Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V shortcut keys. However, you can only copy one text snippet at a time, aka you only have one clipboard. To copy and paste multiple text snippets to...
In Chrome, it is very easy to delete your browsing history. Just type chrome://history/ on your browser’s address bar or simply enter Ctrl + H. You’ll then see your complete list of browsing history. Just click “Clear browsing dat...
Like other browsers Internet Explorer has a New tab page with a few rows on it. However, it does not include any options which adjust the number of rows included on that page. Nevertheless, by delving into the registry we can incr...
Is something up with your mouse? Perhaps you have a mouse with batteries in it that have run out. If so having an alternative to the mouse might be handy. The keyboard can be your Windows mouse replacement. Enter mouse in the Wind...
When you download software with Google Chrome, the browser keeps virtual copies of the downloads. If you’re not entirely sure where you downloaded a document file or software setup wizard to, you can find them by opening Chrome’s ...
Yes, Photoshop may be one of the most sought after photo editing programs but it’s not available for free. You need to purchase its creative suite before you can gain access to its full list of tools and features. However, this do...
You can access most of the system options via the Windows Control Panel. Sure, but there are also a lot of options there to search through before finding the specific option required. Wouldn’t it be great if you could set up...
When you remove software from Windows, some packages might leave a few of their shortcuts on the desktop or Start menu. As such, you might have a few broken shortcuts on your desktop or Start menu. You can find and delete broken s...
A macro is a recording of a series of software commands and instructions. They are usually included in office applications, such as MS Word, to automate frequently selected options within the software package. When a macro has be...
